"Safety Training and Workplace Safety Programs."

Trying to keep your workers safe on the job can be an even bigger challenge.

Practical - real world workplace safety solutions are often hard to come by.

At Westvaco we designed many simple machine guards and safety interlocks
that became models for other facilities.

By establishing interesting and relevant workplace safety training programs, we were able to educate our employees in
not only the safe way to do things but also the most efficient or effective
manner as well.

Total Safety management plans:

By interfacing safety in to all management systems, safety becomes a way of
life rather than a burden. Safety procedures do not have to reduce
productivity but instead can be used to improve production and quality when
workers are no longer afraid of the machines. It is our
opinion that the safety manual should not be a separate book pulled only mostly
to punish but rather safety procedures should be incorporated into all work
instructions. Tell the workers how to to the job safely and correctly
rather than give them a list of "Shalt Nots"

Using TCIR - Total Case Incident Rate - as a measure of safety performance, we took the Westvaco Folding
Carton plant from a rate of 24 down to less than 5 in a three year
implementation period.

Ten Tips for a new
Safety Director The job of safety director can and should be one of the
most rewarding jobs in industry. After all, you get paid to make sure people
have a happy and safe day at work - or at least that they leave with the same
number of fingers and toes that they come in with. Here are some important
tips that will help guide you to having a successful experience as a safety
director: